Friday, December 7, 2012

KIDNEY FOR AN IPAD! REALLY

From the WTF file comes the
story of 17-year-old Wang Shangkun .

Shang really, really wanted
an iPad, but the poor high school student from Anhui Province
had no money. He stumbled on an on-line group that offered cash for a kidney. Wang was given $3,529 (USA) for his kidney which was transplanted on April 28,
2011.

Wang purchased an iPhone and
an iPad with the money. He was in tech heaven until his body suffered renal
failure. At this point he fessed up to his mother about the Kidney deal.

This week a surgeon and six
others were jailed yesterday over their involvement in the case.

Human organ trade has become
a huge black market industry in China
where is illegal to trade or sell donations from living donors, except for close
family members.

Statistics from the Ministry
of Health show that about 1.5 million Chinese need organ transplants, but only
around 10,000 transplants are performed annually due to a lack of donors,
state-run Xinhua news agency reported.